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Carolyn Reynolds

@creynoldsdc.bsky.social
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Proud mama of two fierce girls and a feisty doodle. Co-founder, Pandemic Action Network, CSIS Fellow, and resolute advocate for global health and development. Politics, news, and NYT Games junkie. Opinions my own.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Pope Leo XIV could save millions of lives if he just tells Trump to restore USAID. Will it happen? Would he listen?
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This is a sad story - and it also a case for why we need to invest in expert and adequate staffing to do oversight of our funds - the rapid slash and burn cuts to USAID and international assistance have made it more likely that funds could be misspent, as they have decimated those capacities.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🙏@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com for your segment just now on the stunning cruelty of the demolition of USAID and U.S. foreign assistance programs and how it is killing millions. We need more air time on this story and how much hurt it is causing to poor people around the 🌎 AND to America!
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Thank you @billgates.com for everything you've done to save + improve the lives and opportunities for the world's poorest people over the past 25 years and what you will do with your wealth over the next 20. We need others to follow your lead, and to build the political will through advocacy.
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Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
No mother or child should die from a preventable cause. No generation should live in fear of deadly infectious diseases. And no one should be denied the chance to thrive because of where they were born. gatesnot.es/4m5pSc3
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NPR @npr.org · 05/05/2025
You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism. NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support. Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
taking their knowledge to other countries (including China!) that will greet them with open arms to challenge US supremacy in science. The losers? Americans. Congress can stop this by doing its job. Share this article widely. Urge people to tell Congress to stop the hemorrhaging.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
dangerous health guidance being promoted over scientifically proven medical countermeasures; and bright minds leaving or never entering the public health or biomedical research fields, And/or...
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Rather, we will see millions more will die in the coming years because of: outbreaks for which we were not prepared and did not stop; cutting edge research that didn’t happen; federal, state and local public health agencies that are broken;
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
RFK Jr, Elon Musk, DOGE, and their minions and ideologues are racing to erase the talent, know-how, and govt capacity that enabled us to develop highly effective COVID vaccines in record time that saved millions of lives.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
🙏🙏 @citizencohn.bsky.com @TheBulwark.com for laying bare the rapid dismantling of US public health, medical research, and pandemic preparedness. This is the REVERSE Operation Warp Speed...
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OldSchool @blueskyoldschool.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
48 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 09, 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/04/2025
JUST IN: The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.
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How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs?
The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse. 2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report." 3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes." This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
WHAT THE F**K!
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
@HillaryClinton is precisely right Smart power is good for 🇺🇸and the 🌍 - eviscerating US aid only helps our rivals #SaferStronger www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...
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Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb
The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.
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Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
AAP post.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The United States hcare system is already faltering. It can not handle the next Pandemic, but will collapse. www.npr.org/2025/03/16/n...
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The U.S.'s hospital bed shortage is in danger of reaching a 'critical threshold'
There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.
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Flagpie @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
US cuts to aid is violent and far from humane WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w... via @statnews.com
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WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health
Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
These Canadians are canceling U.S. trips as Trump sours relations
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Inportant story from @npr.org but they buried the lede: This turnaround in Louisiana happened "With COVID relief funds and a grant from the federal government" This is what the federal government is supposed to do: help people in need. Not billionaires.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
More excellent reporting from @ddiamond.bsky.social on the despicable decision to remove Tony Fauci's mural at NIH and ban his speech. Dr Fauci will always be an American hero. Who is with me? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/15/mural-tony-fauci-was-meant-inspire-staff-then-nih-it-down/
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A mural of Tony Fauci was meant to inspire staff. Then NIH took it down.
Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, Trump officials continue to blame Fauci for missteps — and are minimizing his presence on his old campus.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
This is exactly what I have been saying for a while now. At this point, it’s not left vs right that matters, but fighters vs non-fighters. The Dems, and the American people, need fighters.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The cycle of panic and neglect. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
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Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.
Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with fewer tools and fresh challenges.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This!
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Keep this up please - we need to push out more examples like this!
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
👇🤷‍♀️This. As we mark the 5 year anniversary of the declaration of the Covid pandemic, we are disarming ourselves against the next pandemic (and making it more likely). Why?! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Great job 🇺🇸
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Which of course is all part of the plan to then be able to say: See, the government doesn't do anything, so shut it all down.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Thx for flagging this @rachelmaddow.bsky.social - the even bigger story here is that most of the government has been forbidden to do ANYTHING and work has ground to a halt. No new spending, no travel, no communicating outside partners or the American people, no oversight of programs already funded.
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A second death from the still-evolving #measles outbreak in Texas - this one, in an adult. 1) the measles vaccine is safe and marvelously effective 2) you can receive the vaccine up to 72hrs after exposure 3) vitamin A helps malnourished kids but doesn't cure www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Second death reported in growing measles outbreak
The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Why are we attacking our stalwart ally, neighbor, and trading partner 🇨🇦? This is not a game. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
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How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This is not ok.
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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The summit in London has begun. European and NATO leaders have gathered to discuss the future of humanity and Ukraine, without the United States. This is the largest reconfiguration of nations since World War 2.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p... via @statnews.com
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We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us
A peer reviewer questioned the premise of our study into the potential impact of abruptly ending PEPFAR funding. Then it happened.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.
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Voices for Vaccines @voices4vaccines.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"I was relieved that it was just the flu and felt that she would be okay." A father learns the devastating truth about influenza. www.voicesforvaccines.org/trust-me-you...
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I lost my child to Flu. Trust me, you need a shot.
Once reality set in, I became angry and wanted some answers. I felt cheated of the opportunity to protect my daughter
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Yes
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Winston Churchill at the White House in 1942, NOT wearing a suit.
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The sheer cruelty of the Trump administration is staggering Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide
U.S.-funded health projects around the world, including those providing lifesaving care, received termination notices from Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration neared completion of a review to ensure grants are aligned with its "America First" policy.
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Carolyn Reynolds @creynoldsdc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Killing hungry children, pregnant moms, and America's respect and global leadership one minute and 20 seconds at a time. Where is the winning again?
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Thomas Cameron @thomascameron512.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It’s a polarized time, it’s easy to demonize. I’ve done it. But I still think it would be hard to find a group of people less worthy of demonizing than USAID staff. They often work long hours, in dangerous places, sometimes in desperate conditions… www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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'Least I can do': Supporters applaud as USAID employees given 15-minutes to clear out
USAID employees re-entered the headquarters of the shuttered agency on Thursday morning as supporters outside cheered and applauded.
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mjk4mj.bsky.social @mjk4mj.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
MAGA wants to kill pregnant women.
Last I checked, Musk killed the link to this pdf about USAID helping pregnant women.
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